With the dawn of a cloudy day and rain in the forecast I decided to make a left turn to Greenville rather than continue on to Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The Carl Sandburg Home NHS is high up in the hills in Flat Rock, North Carolina. Who Carl Sandburg and why is house a National Park System unit? Sandburg was a famous American poet and biographer of Lincoln who chose to live in a pretty and quiet spot in western North Carolina for the last couple ...

Ryan and Jordan are wonderful! I grew up with Ryan, we have known each other for nearly 15 years now. Jordan, I met on a cruise this passed summer that we all coincidentally ended up on. Talk about your small world moment. Right before the cruise is when I accepted the offer in SC and shortly so did Ryan! Never in million years did I expect a friend to be going to this flat state at the same time I did but I am grateful. Visiting ...

... clears them in your mind. We lifted off at 1:00 Madrid time. Our flight should take 8 hours, putting us in Philly at 3pm. We're now seated on the Airbus 330, waiting as other passengers find their seats. Our flight appears to be only about 75% full. The flight from Madrid to Philadelphia, unlike the beginning, was uneventful and didn't seem like 8 hours. We made the changes in Philadelphia smoothly and in plenty of time. We're in our seats waiting for other passengers to ...

Didn't get a chance to upload an entry yesterday. It's really Tuesday as I write this.

We left Knoxville in the morning and drove to Greenville, South Carolina. Had a nice visit with Gloria and Dennis. Betty's sister and her son. Both were very gracious and friendly. It was a nice visit, but we forgot to take pictures. We're still kicking ourselves over that.